What are you waiting for? This is the biggest meet of the summer!!

http://www.middleburymuffintops.org/LCMChamps/Default.aspx

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There are some dedicated swimmers in the Randolph, VT area who need a coach to help them start a new Masters club at Vermont Tech.  If you are around there and are interested, contact Eric Medved (emedved@giffordmed.org) and let him know.

Hello NEM Swimmers!

We had a very successful meet at MIT, with over 100 swimmers, and a National Record by Louis Kronfeld in the 50yd BR. Congratulations Louis!

The next, and final meet before Harvard, is this Sunday at Marblehead. Warm-up starts at 12:30 P.M. See Events section for more details.

The entries are closed for the SCY Championships at Harvard, with over 750 entries tabulated so far, so we should finish a little earlier than last year.
(Go to http://www.meetresults.com/2008/nelmscscy/)

It is not too early to start planning for the NEM LCM Championship, scheduled for June 20-22 in Middlebury, VT. Go to http://www.swimnem.org/wordpress/ for more info and the list of the hotels were rooms have been blocked.

Here is the final version of the USMS SCM Top-Ten for 2007. Congratulations to the many Nem’s who made it.

Also, for everyone who swam in a meet and is interested in seeing how his/her time ranks in the country, go to http://www.usms.org/comp/meets/toptimes.php and
follow the directions. This is a great new website for most of us not destined for stardom, but still competitive enough to see how we rank. Most meets, but not all, are included.

For those who have still not renewed their registration for 2008, on-line USMS registration is possible! Please go to http://registration.usms.org/ and follow
the instructions.

NEMSC is still looking for a Treasurer who would be responsible for all aspects of money management and cash flow for the Club. Please contact me if you’re
interested…

Laszlo Eger
President – NEMSC

SAVE THE DATE–June 20-22, 2008

The Middlebury Muffintops are once again hosting the New England LMSC Long Course Meters Championships. Please rally your teammates, mark your calendars and book your rooms

Local Hotels where we have blocked rooms:

~Middlebury Inn 802-388-4961 (20 Rooms blocked until May 20–10% discount/2 night minimum. Ask for New England Masters Swim Meet )
http://www.middleburyinn.com/

~Courtyard by Marriott-Middlebury -802-388-7600 (45 Rooms blocked until May 20–$155/night, 2 night min. Ask for Masters Swim Meet
http://www.middleburycourtyard

Meet information to follow soon…

http://www.alpin-elite.com/swimming

A friend of mine, who used to swim with me at BU Masters, now lives in Switzerland and has started an adventure travel company in the alps called Alpine Elite. This summer her (Sioux Bonforte) company is hosting 6 day ($1900) or 10 day ($2400) tours around Switzerland with a morning swim each day.

Each morning they pickup you up at your hotel and take you to a different beautiful lake to swim about 3,000M. It’s not a race, and they will have safety kayaks in the water. After the swim they provide breakfast, then you can spend the day on your own. Or you can schedule activities which may include: whitewater rafting, canyoning, bungee jumping, mountain biking, skydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, tours, or whatever else you might like… (http://www.alpin-elite.com/activities_Canyoning.html). At the end of the day they provide dinner and your hotel. You will travel to the German, Italian and French areas of Switzerland by train (included). If significant others or families don’t swim, that’s fine too.

If you click on the links for the tours they include more detail.

Aside from the dates listed, Sioux has said that any group of 6 or more can schedule this trip whenever they like, rather than the specified dates (which bumps into the Timberman Triathlon!)

I’m not sure I’ll be able to do this trip, but I sure would love to and it would be fun to go as a group! If you email Sioux (info@alpin-elite.com) with any questions, just tell her you heard about it from DaveJud.

Take care and start dreaming…
Dave

PS If someone gets 5 others to go, the organizing person goes for half price! Or, if they get 9 others to go, the organizer goes for free! (Not including air fare, Boston to Zurich)

http://www.alpin-elite.com/swimming

–
Dave Judelson
Flex Consulting
davejud@flexconsulting.com

Hello NEM Swimmers!

Next mini-meet is on Sunday, Feb. 24 at MIT in Cambridge, MA. A chance to swim in MIT’s state-of-the-art new pool! Please note that the facility opens at 9 a.m. on Sunday, so no point in getting there earlier, you won’t get in.

The deadline for entries for the SCY Championships at Harvard is February 22 – so don’t delay. Late entries were not accepted last year. (Go to http://www.meetresults.com/2008/nelmscscy/)

For details on these and other meets go to: http://www.swimnem.org/wordpress/meets-events/

For those who have still not renewed their registration for 2008, on-line USMS registration is possible! Please go to  http://registration.usms.org/ and follow the instructions.

The preliminary 2007 USMS Top-Ten SCM is attached. Please check and inform Jason Eaddy (jason@elys.com) of any errors/omissions ASAP.

Those going to the Worlds in Perth, Australia are asked to inform Cheryl Kupan (ckupan@aol.com) ASAP so that she may put some relays together.

NEMSC is looking for a Treasurer who would be responsible for all aspects of money management and cash flow for the Club. The job itself is not that time consuming usually requiring less than an hour a month, but an understanding of business concepts and experience in using Quickbooks accounting system would be preferable.   Training support will be provided by Homer Lane.

Responsibilities:
•       Pays bills and reimburses volunteers for authorized expenses.
•       Manages all of the Club’s cash accounts.
•       Oversees the preparation of financial statements as needed.
•       Assists the President in developing an annual budget.
•       Ensures proper receipt of membership dues from the LMSC registrar.
•       Oversees proper accounting for revenues associated with meets & clinics.
•       Prepares Tax filings
Please contact me if you’re interested.

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Laszlo Eger
President – NEMSC

has been postponed.  Those who have entered will be reimbursed.  We will be rescheduling the meet to occur at a later date.  For more information please contact Coach Rich Axtell - rich@minutemanmasters.com.

Due to time constraints, a new job that has me commuting to Boston, and a general lack of “weltanschauung” on my part, Elaine Kornbau will be assuming duties as editor of the NEM newsletter. Plus, as previously mentioned, she has actual editing experience and a program that helps differentiate our newsletter from those “Make Money at Home” flyers I get on my windshield at the train station.

Please send articles, ideas, and pictures to her at: “ekornbau@yahoo.com“. I will maintain [thanks mostly to Tracy Grilli] the mailing database, and make sure it gets printed. That would make me the publisher, sort of.

-Tim Morse

The website is now live!

http://www.meetresults.com/nelmscscy/

Some notes for this year:

* The online entries system works great. Use it and save yourself the stamp!

* This year’s meet is on just one week-end, with the distance day on Thursday.

* Seed time challenge: First 10 swimmers in the meet who swim their exact entered seed time will receive a $10 gift card. We are trying to motivate people to submit accurate seed times. (If I have to adjust your seed time because you sandbagged, you are not eligible for the prize.)

Hello NEM Swimmers!

Our first SCY meet is coming up this weekend, the Adirondack’s AC “Hearty Breakfast” Meet on 1/27 in Franklin, MA. You can still pre-register.

The next meet is at Phillips Exeter on Sunday, Feb. 3rd. Meet entry form attached. 8 am warm up - 9 am start. Meet must be completed by noon. Deck entries close at 8:30 am It is preferred that entries be mailed to David & Tracy Grilli, 8 Rockwood Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053, to arrive by Friday, February 1st. Swimmers swimming the 1650 are responsible for their own counter and timer.

In fact pre-registration is strongly encouraged for all meets to speed things up. The Exeter meet was delayed by one hour last year due to the large number of on-deck entries..

Other meets scheduled:

Feb. 17 – Valentine’s Day Heartbreak Classic in Sudbury, MA
Feb. 24 – MIT, Cambridge, MA
Mar. 16 – Marblehead Sprint Classic, MA
Mar. 27-30 – SCY Championships at Harvard

For details on these meets go to: http://www.swimnem.org/wordpress/meets-events/

There are still 9 days left for the One-Hour Swim. Attached please find the entry form. Also, please send your Name, Age, and Total Yards to Matt Gilson (mgilson@getmetagent.com) by January 31st, so he can compile the relays. Note that you must be USMS registered for 2008 in order for your results to count.

For those who have still not renewed their registration for 2008, on-line USMS registration is now possible! Please go to http://registration.usms.org/ and follow the instructions.

Attached are also forms for the 2008 USMS Check-Off Challenge as well as for the ‘Go the Distance’ 2008, a couple of ways to spice up your 2008 training.

Laszlo Eger
President – NEMSC